Learning iBeacon电子书

Learning iBeacon

Table of Contents

Learning iBeacon

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Welcome to iBeacon

Introducing iBeacon

Hey, 'sup

Understanding a range using RSSI

Compatible devices

Commercial applications of iBeacon

So many vendors, so little time

Estimote

Estimote beacons – pros

Estimote beacons – cons

ROXIMITY

ROXIMITY beacons – pros

ROXIMITY beacons – cons

RedBearLab

RedBear Beacon B1 – pros

RedBear Beacon B1 – cons

Other vendor options

The companion OS X application and website

Using the companion app

Hello world

Let's get started

Adding the Core Location framework

Adding a permission message

Configuring the CLLocationManagerDelegate method

Adding a CLLocationManager instance

Preparing UUID

Start monitoring

Line by line

Testing our code

Summary

2. Detecting Beacons – Showing an Advert

Uses of the UUID/major/minor broadcasting triplet

UUID – Universally Unique Identifier

Major

Minor

An example of a use case

Understanding Core Location

The CLBeaconRegion class

The CLLocationManager class

Creating a CLLocationManager class

Defining a CLLocationManager class line by line

locationManager:didEnterRegion

locationManager:didExitRegion

locationManager:didRangeBeacons:inRegion

locationManager:didChangeAuthorizationStatus

Understanding iBeacon permissions

Location permissions in iOS 8

Enabling the location after denying it

Building the tutorial app

Creating the app

Adding CLOfferViewController

Setting location permission settings

Adding some controls

Setting up our root view controller

Configuring our location manager

Wiring up CLLocationManagerDelegate

Showing the advert

Dismissing the offer

Summary

3. Broadcasting Advertisements – Sending Offers

Introducing the Core Bluetooth framework

Understanding centrals and peripherals

The Core Bluetooth framework, centrals, and peripherals

The CBCentral class

The CBPeripheral class

The CBPeripheralManager class

Obtaining broadcast values from CLBeaconRegion

Measured power (TXPower)

Let's get started

Adding frameworks

Setting up our controls

Creating our views

Wiring up the storyboard

Setting up our view controller

Adding our switch logic

Summary

4. Ranging Beacons – Hunting for Treasure

There be treasure nearby

Understanding distance

Our application

Getting started with building our app

Drawing our initial views

Adding frameworks and project settings

Adding images

Building the root view controller

Building the treasure view controller

Finally, wire it up

Building the hunter view controller

Hunter view controller states

Imports and public properties

Private properties

Loading the view

Entering and exiting the region

Changing the state

Tidying up

Being extra conscientious

Completing the code

Summary

5. Detecting Beacons in the Background – Location Dating

Real-life use cases

An example use case for retail loyalty

An example use case for airline assistance

Handing over responsibility

The CLBeaconRegion options

Passbook integration

Our tutorial app

The scenario

Viewing anatomy

The code

Creating the application

Creating the view

Configuring the app delegate

No ranging in the background

Entering and exiting regions

Clearing out badges

Ranging beacons

Implementing our view controller

Initializing the view

Receiving beacon distance

Choosing a gender

Adding a passbook pass

Testing your application

Testing the beacons

Testing the passbook pass

Summary

6. Leaving Regions – Don't Forget Your Stuff

Raspberry Pi

Ninja Blocks

Nest

Phillips Hue

Belkin WeMo

iBeacon and home automation

Beacon stickers

Our tutorial

Ranging beacons in the background

Tracking locations using background modes

Cheating the system

Building our app

Beginning the app with a database schema

Using a little helper

Master view controller implementation

Configuring the view controller

Fetching data from the Core Data framework

Configuring the table cell

Notifying the user

Inserting new objects

Ranging beacons

Detailed view controller implementation

Configuring the view

Getting and setting properties

Validating input

Finishing off UI

Adding NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription

Enabling the background mode

Testing your app

Summary

7. Vendor SDKs – Buying and Configuring Beacons

Estimote motes and SDK

ROXIMITY implementation

Choosing the best platform for your requirements

AltBeacon – the open beacon specification

Using Estimote API 2.1

Security

Estimote SDK classes

ESTBeacon

ESTBeaconDelegate

ESTBeaconManager

ESTBeaconManagerDelegate

Let's get building

Adding EstimoteSDK

Adding API access

The helper class

Configuring the master view controller

Configuring our beacon manager

Configuring the detail view controller

Configuring the view

Connecting and disconnecting from beacons

Saving the changes

Creating the view

Testing your application

Summary

8. Advanced Tutorial – iBeacon Museum

Our exhibitions

The museum map

Our app structure

The permission view

The atrium view

The exhibit view

The supporting website

Tracking our user's journey

Our app design

Building the application

Creating the project

Initializing the views

Adding the CoreLocation functionality

Determining the first view

Configuring our permission view

Adding controls

Configuring the exhibit view

Adding controls to the exhibit view

Adding content methods

Ranging beacons

Configuring our atrium view

Adding atrium view controls

Time to test

Summary

9. iBeacon Security – Understanding the Risks

Beacon spoofing

Defending against beacon spoofing

Rotating UUIDs

Beacon hacking

Dispelling security myths

Overcoming users' fears with good UX

Summary

Index